289 
CAPE COLONY. Without locality, Harvey, 318, 329, 335. Cape 
Div., Table Mountain, Ecklon, 419 (partly). Ri versdale Div., 
Zoetmelks Riv. Burchell, 6712. George Div., Postberg near George, 
Burchell, 5914 ; Outeniqua Mts., Montagu Pass, Rehmann, 14. 
Rehmann’s specimens have been distributed as Æ. ramosa, var. 
Rehmanni, Hack. ms 
912. Agrostis fissa, Stapf [Graminez- -Agrostideze]; proxima 
A. schimperiane, Hochst., sed spiculis paulo majoribus et gluma 
iii. ad 1-1 fissa e fissura aristata et arista longiore distincta. 
Culmi geniculati, 2-3 ped. alti, 8-9-nodi, fere daja longitudine 
vaginati, nodis inclusis. Foliorum vagina; laxiusculæ, leve ve el 
a 
longe; rhachilla brevissime producta, glabra; glume i. et ii. 
æquales vel subæquales, lanceolatæ, be di Brio veri scaberule ; 
iii. oblonga, $ lin. lon ga, trunca ad 1-i fissa, lobo utroque 
2-dentato, glabro, 5-nervi, nervis lateralibus brevissime excur- 
rentibus, ces glabro, arista gracillima recta vel subrecta e fissura 
o palea 1 lin. paulo longior, 2-dentata. Antheræ vix j lin. 
longæ. esta vestita, Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. trop. Afr. p. 128 (quoad 
specimen citatum 
YSSINIA. ‘Gageh Merki, 8700 £ft, Schimper (1863-8 
collection), 1093. .. 
The fissure of glume iii. may already be observed in a very 
Leid state, and the awn springs right from the base of it. When 
e the awn is rather decidous. 
913. Agro: AUS uid Le ee A gros dessus e grege 
A. munroane, Aitch (Calamagrostis munroane, 
Boiss.), foliis tenuiter Panic. rigidulis glaucis, arista 
po spiculis minutis validiuscula, rhachi brevissime continuata 
istincta. 
Culmi graciles, e senpia glaberrimis densis erecti, 1-1} pe 
alti, ad vel ultra me vaginati, 1-2-nodi, nodis ae: 
Foliorum vaginae lated: ligulas à 1 paza onei hyalinæ, 
ramis remote fasciculatis admodum inæqualibus (longioribus ad 
2 poll. "amd E ibus sparse ramulosis levibus, pedicellis 
scaberulis. ? virides vel purpurascentes, circiter 1 lin. 
longs, rha ecu ie ssu brevissimo pilosulo; gluma i. et ii. 
lanceolate, acuminate, interdum mucronulatz, l-ne erves, carinis 
scaberulis, ii. quam i. paululo brevior; iii. quam ii. vix brevior, 
ee, truncata, pilosa, basi 5- superne 4-nervis, nervis exteriori- 
bus in setulas asperas breves interioribus in dentes. „productis, 
callo LM barbato, arista subbasilari 2 Hu longa ad medium 
